Affiliation:
1. Assistant Professor, Department Of General Surgery, Government Medical College, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, India
2. Associate Professor, Department Of General Surgery, Government Medical College, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, India
3. Post Graduate Student, Department Of General Surgery, Government Medical College, Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh, India
Abstract
Mechanical bowel obstruction is a frequently encountered surgical emergency and continues to remain a
challenge to surgeons despite advances in eld of medicine, pathophysiology, surgical technique and
conservative management. This retrospective study in patients operated for acute mechanical bowel obstruction in our
department, was intended to highlight the common causes of intestinal obstruction in this geographical location of the study
which had suggested measures for treatment of the condition. 50 patients who underwent exploratory laparotomy for intestinal
obstruction were compared in terms of age, sex, symptoms, etiology of intestinal obstruction, site of obstruction, operative
procedure performed and post operative complications.
Subject
Paleontology,Stratigraphy,Global and Planetary Change,Paleontology,Stratigraphy,Global and Planetary Change,Atmospheric Science,Environmental Science (miscellaneous),Global and Planetary Change,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Atmospheric Science,General Environmental Science,Environmental Chemistry,Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Atmospheric Science,Geography, Planning and Development,Global and Planetary Change,Atmospheric Science,Global and Planetary Change,Atmospheric Science,Global and Planetary Change,Pharmacology,Toxicology,Pharmacology (medical),Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Complementary and alternative medicine,General Medicine